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SPEC Kit 326: Digital Humanities (November 2011)
SPEC Kit 326 provides a snapshot of research library experiences with digital scholarship centers or services that support the humanities (e.g., history, art, music, film, literature, philosophy, religion, etc.) and...
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SPEC Kit 325: Digital Preservation (October 2011)
SPEC Kit 325 explores the strategies that ARL member institutions use to protect evolving research collections and the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders. The survey asked ARL libraries about their...
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SPEC Kit 324: Collecting Global Resources (September 2011)
SPEC Kit 324 explores the trends, practices, and challenges in collecting global resources in North American research libraries at a time of political and economic change, on the one hand,...
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SPEC Kit 323: Socializing New Hires (August 2011)
SPEC Kit 323 investigates the progress made in ARL member organizations to establish or enhance socialization programs and activities (such as orientation programs, mentoring, residency appointments, and staff development sessions...
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SPEC Kit 322: Library User Experience (July 2011)
SPEC Kit 322 explores recent and planned user experience activities at ARL member libraries and the impact these efforts have on helping the libraries transform to meet evolving user needs....
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SPEC Kit 321: Services for Users with Disabilities (December 2010)
SPEC Kit 321 explores what services are being provided and how users are made aware of them; what assistive technologies are being offered today and who maintains them; which library...
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SPEC Kit 320: Core Benefits (November 2010)
SPEC Kit 320 explores the core employment benefits of retirement, and life, health, and other insurance —benefits that are typically decided by the parent institution and often have significant governmental...
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SPEC Kit 319: Diversity Plans and Programs (October 2010)
SPEC Kit 319 explores what progress has been made in ARL member libraries to recruit and retain a diverse workforce; the strategies they use to increase the number of ethnically/culturally...
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SPEC Kit 318: Impact Measures in Research Libraries (September 2010)
SPEC Kit 318 explores the tools and methods libraries use to gauge the difference they make for their user community, the topics assessment practitioners probe and the results they obtain,...
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SPEC Kit 317: Special Collections Engagement (August 2010)
SPEC Kit 317 examines exhibits, events, instruction, and other activities that are targeted to engage students, faculty, and other scholars/researchers with special collections for research and education. It investigates who...
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